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Measuring Patients’ Trust in their Primary Care Providers
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Existing scales to measure trust in physicians have differing content and limited testing. To improve on these measures, a large item pool (n = 78) was generated following a detailed conceptual model and expert review. After pilot testing, the best-performing items were validated with a random national sample (n = 9) and a regional sample of HMO members (n = 99). Various psychometric tests produced a 10-item unidimensional scale consistent with most aspects of the conceptual model.Compared with previous scales, the Wake Forest physician trust scale has a somewhat improved combination of internal consistency, variability, and discriminability. The scale is more strongly correlated with satisfaction, desire to remain with a physician, willingness to recommend to friends, and not seeking second opinions; it is less correlated with insurer trust, membership in managed care, and choice of physician; and correlations are equivalent with lack of disputes, length of relationship, and number of visits.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hall, M. A., Zheng, B., Dugan, E., Camacho, F., Kidd, K. E., Mishra, A., & Balkrishnan, R.
- Affiliations
- Wake Forest University (US)
- Genentech (US)
- New England Research Institutes (US)
- Venue
- Medical Care Research and Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2002-09
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 293-318
- ISSN
- 1077-5587 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6801
- OpenAlex
- W2023580352
- Cited by
- 661
- References
- 63
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 18.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Medical Care Research and Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- patient trust, trust in physicians, primary care, psychometric validation, patient satisfaction, physician recommendations, managed care, physician-patient relationship
- MeSH terms
- Clinical Competence, Confidentiality, Health Maintenance Organizations, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Patients, Physician-Patient Relations, Physicians, Family, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, United States, Patient Satisfaction, Focus Groups
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